Easter Blossoms for As You See It Challenges

 I feel spring in the air! The days are gradually getting warmer. The ice is gone off the fishpond now. The pruning of our fruit trees has been completed. I can see some little buds on the remaining branches, telling me that beautiful blossoms won't be far off now! Though spring is short in this area, and often fickle, it is welcome, and definitely brings hope with it. More this year than ever, as we get closer to having our vaccine in the next few weeks!

So when I had to choose an idea for an Easter Card for As You See It Challenges this week for our Theme Challenge week, I chose cherry blossoms from the Forever Blossoms stamp set. Here is the Challenge Banner for the theme chosen by fellow Design Team member Joanne: 

I just didn't have any Easter specific stamp sets. I had to go to Itty Bitty greetings to get an Easter sentiment to use. I'm excited that it's time to use my Forever Blossoms again:

• On my Petal Pink cardstock card base, I've layered two different designs from the Peony Garden Designer Series Paper in Petal Pink and Gray Granite. I used some of the same Gray Granite design as a backing behind the sentiment as well.
• I stamped the images from Forever Blossoms in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Basic White cardstock and coloured them in using Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo and Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo. 
• The images were die cut using the Cherry Blossoms Dies. I mounted them on the card front using Glue Dots and Stampin' Dimensionals for the single blossoms.
• The sentiment was stamped in Memento ink again and die cut along with it's backing using dies from the Tasteful Labels dies.
• The embellishments are Champagne Rhinestones added to the blossom centers.

Have a great weekend!

Hey, Chicks: I don't want you to forget about the Hey Chick and Hey Birthday Chick Bundles that are still available! So cute! In fact, I think I'm going to get them out and play with them this weekend!

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Forever Blossoms Cling Stamp Set (English) [151457] $31.00	Itty Bitty Greetings Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151331] $49.00	Peony Garden Designer Series Paper [152483] $15.75	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146985] $12.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $12.00	Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154902] $12.00	Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193] $8.25	Cherry Blossoms Dies [151456] $49.00
Tasteful Labels Dies [152886] $42.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50

My Favourites from the January - June Mini Catalogue - Parisian Blossoms Suite

I thought, as I had introduced most of the products to you, that I would now take the chance to go back over some of my favourite suites and products from the 2020 January - June Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue and really enjoy using them again for my own pleasure!

And my first favourite has to be the Parisian Blossoms Suite. I don't know why, but I've always been a sucker for the Eiffel Tower. Maybe my own trip to Paris and the rest of Europe when I was a young adult stands out for me as such a romantic and adventurous interlude in my own life, that the Eiffel Tower has come to signify that event for me. I don't know, but I just love any stamps or dies with that image. And when you add flowy French script and champagne, black and pink colours, and throw in the cherry blossoms and flourishes - well, I'm a goner! Here's a close up of what I did with it this time:

• I actually didn't use any stamping at all on this card. It's all die cuts, from the Parisian Dies. I die cut the Eiffel Tower itself, the flourish and three of the word Amour out of Basic Black cardstock. I die cut the word Amour one more time out of Champagne Foil.
• I used the French script design from the Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper as a background on a Basic Black card base. It's a specialty DSP because it has the script not only in white, but also in champagne foil highlights.
• I glued all four of the word Amour together, with the Champagne Foil version on top before gluing them all to the card front, on top of the flourish.
• The final touch is a few Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels places strategically around the design.

This was a fairly simple card to create, but really satisfying when finished! Hope you enjoyed it.

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my OnLine Store.

Product List

Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper [151192] $20.00	Champagne Foil Sheets [144748] $6.75	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $12.00	Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193] $8.25	Parisian Dies [151463] $37.00
Take Your Pick [144107] $14.00	Take Your Pick Die Brush Tip [149655] $12.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50